Abstract:
We present the novel application of a general-purpose
knowledge-based system, SHAKEN, to the specific task of
acquiring knowledge for military Course of Action (COA)
analysis. We show how SHAKEN can capture and reuse
expert knowledge for COA critiquing, which can then be
used to produce high-level COA assessments through
declarative inference and simulation. The system has been
tested and evaluated by domain experts, and we report on
the results. The generality of the approach makes it
applicable to task analysis and knowledge capture in other
domains. The primary objective of this work is to
demonstrate the application of the knowledge acquisition
technology to the task of COA analysis. Developing a
system deployable in an operational environment is the
subject of future work.